The army easily broke through the defense line of the Yalu River of the Qing army, and the vulnerable state of the Qing army raised the confidence of the army.

On October 20, the army divided its troops into two routes, attacking in the west and south directions, and Phoenix City, Xiuyan and other places were occupied by the army one after another. The Qing army fought and retreated, and at the same time organized a second line of defense. By mid-November, the Qing army had formed a new 150-mile-long defensive line on the Liaoyang East Road, stretching from Saimaji in the east to Motianling in the west.

The Sheng army led by Nie Shicheng was stationed at the first dangerous point in eastern Liaodong - Motianling, and blocked the passage of the army north into Liaoshen according to the dangerous mountain terrain. The Qing army stationed in Saimaji, led by Iktanga, was responsible for containing the forces of the eastward advancing army, so that it did not dare to attack Motianling with all its might. Xu Qingzhang, the governor of Liaoyang, also vigorously mobilized the local people and organized training regiments to cooperate with the Qing army.

The Qing army's new defense line really worked, and the two troops of the Yue army attacking Saimaji and Motianling Qianguan were blocked respectively, and the Qing army took advantage of the situation to jointly counterattack on the two roads, and the Yue army suffered serious losses and was forced to retreat.

After the victory of the Qing army, the Qing court had more excuses to attack Li Hongzhang, and the anti-Li faction led by Weng Tonggong and others took the opportunity to expand the attack on Li Hongzhang.

However, Li Hongzhang didn't care, he had completely given up on the army, he didn't care about their blows, and only pinned his hopes on the navy.

But at this moment, he was more concerned about Wang Chenhao, because the war game deduction that Wang Chenhao gave him that night was completely correct, and the army launched an offensive according to his deduction.

Li Hongzhang was nervous, because if Wang Chenhao's war games continued to be correct, then the next target of the army would be Lushun.

Sure enough, he was right, and in the Battle of the Yellow Sea, although the navy was defeated, the main force was still there.

On the other hand, although the Beiyang Naval Division was victorious, the perennial lack of combat readiness made the Beiyang Naval Division's ships lack ammunition, and at this moment, the navy, which blindly relied on imported warships, exposed its biggest weakness, that is, the arms embargo of the great powers interrupted the ammunition supply of the Beiyang Naval Division.

What good is a warship without ammunition, no matter how powerful it is?

The spy personnel of the Japanese army in China knew the Beiyang naval division well, so after the ships of the combined fleet of the Japanese Navy were repaired, they once again went out to patrol the port of Incheon to patrol the Yellow Sea.

At the same time, Yue Ben also knew that the key factor in the last victory of the Beiyang Naval Division was the help of Wang Chenhao's Jiaolong. It is said that all ships of the Navy have been equipped with underwater explosion-proof nets, and they are no longer afraid of the underwater attack of the Jiaolong.

Under these circumstances, Prince Chihito of the Sugawa Palace began to organize the Second Army, appointing the Minister of War General Oyama Iwa as the commander, and planned to carry out a landing operation on the Liaodong Peninsula, with the goal of occupying Luda and the Liaodong Peninsula.

On October 24, the emperor personally bestowed a horse and a sword on the mountain rock to see him off. During the banquet, the commander of the 1st Division, Shan Di, said passionately: I would rather shroud the body in horse leather than conquer Yanjing and never return to the Wa Kingdom. The next day, the troops boarded ships in batches and assembled near Incheon, North Korea, while the combined fleet escorted them.

After Li Hongzhang heard the report, he thought of Wang Chenhao's war game deduction and hurriedly summoned Wang Chenhao to discuss the matter.

After Wang Chenhao entered the conference hall, he saw that a group of people were staring at him, which made him feel that the atmosphere was very tense.

These people are Li Hongzhang's staff and subordinates, but Wang Chenhao only knows Yang Shixiang, so he stands directly beside him.

When Li Hongzhang saw him coming, he immediately asked Yang Shixiang to tell him to listen, and then waited to hear his opinion.

Except for Yang Shixiang, all the Beiyang officials were full of surprise, Li Hongzhang lost his opinion for the first time in so many years, but the other party was still a young man who was only 20 years old, which was really shocking.

Wang Chenhao gasped after hearing this, what he was worried about still happened. After the First World War in the Yellow Sea, he was not intimidated and still dared to send the navy and army to Incheon, which can only show that he knew the strength of the Qing Empire well before the war.

"We can only fight another naval battle with the Yueben Navy, otherwise they will definitely land in the area of Huayuankou and attack the Lushun Fortress!"

As soon as the words fell, the audience was shocked.

Li Hongzhang laughed a few times, and said to everyone: "Everyone, what did the old man say?" Although this son is young, he has extremely sharp strategic judgment! ”

At this time, an old man suddenly asked Wang Chenhao: "How do you know that the army will definitely land at the entrance of the garden and not elsewhere?" ”

Wang Chenhao said: "When I was in Lushun, I asked Deng Shichang and Lord Deng to accompany me to look around, Lushun Fortress looks extremely strong, but in fact, there are no loopholes!" The frontal defense of the Luda Fortress can be described as strong, but it relies too much on the rear Jinzhou to assist in the defense. The army will not be stupid enough to attack Lushun head-on, so they will inevitably attack Jinzhou in the rear of Lushun, and the area around Huayuankou is suitable for the enemy to land from the sea, but there is no heavy fortification there, if it is I, I will definitely land from there, attack Jinzhou with weak troops, after taking Jinzhou, it is a hundred times easier to attack Lushun from behind! ”

Li Hongzhang said with a smile: "Wushan is convinced this time!" When Chen Hao did the war game deduction to the old man, he was so angry that the old man didn't sleep well for several days, but after careful scrutiny, he had to admire what he said to seek truth from facts! ”

It turns out that he is Zhou Fu, and this is the hardcore staff who has followed Li Hongzhang for the longest time!

Wang Chenhao couldn't help but look at him twice, this person has a strong influence on Li Hongzhang, and he is the head of all the staff.

Zhou Fu couldn't help but sigh secretly, what Wang Chenhao said was reasonable, they had just received a report from Lushun, saying that they had found that the ship Yaeyama was probing the depth of water in the area of Huayuankou, and they judged that the army might land there, but they were not as sure as Wang Chenhao.

Li Hongzhang smiled, but immediately sank his face, and the look of worry suddenly appeared on his face.

"Chenhao! Tell me about your countermeasures! ”

Wang Chenhao replied: "The Second Army has nearly 30,000 men, and there must be 100 troop carriers, and they will be stationed at Incheon, the nearest large seaport on the Korean Peninsula, and from Inchon to Huayuankou will send troops to land, and it will take at least 20 days without blocking!" During this period, if our Beiyang Naval Division sends out patrols, the Chinese army will not be able to land, but the Japanese Navy will find us to go to war. They know that our ammunition reserves are not enough for the Second Yellow Sea War, and they already know my secret weapon, so they have nothing to fear if we go to war again! ”

Li Hongzhang frowned and said, "So you can't help it?" ”

"Yes!" Wang Chenhao suddenly shouted, but then turned around and said: "But the risk is very high, and you need Lord Zhongtang to make up your mind!" ”

Li Hongzhang looked at Wang Chenhao, then at the others, and finally nodded: "Say it!" Lushun can't afford to lose! Gotta give it a try! ”

Wang Chenhao paused, and his heart said that this plan no longer belongs to history, but is his originality, so he is also taking a huge risk. However, if he does not do it, then history will soon return to its original trajectory, which is unacceptable to him.

Thinking of this, Wang Chenhao suddenly made up his mind and said: "My Jiaolong is not just a little bit of ability to explode chrysanthemums!" I can use the Jiaolong to sneak into Incheon Port from under the water and disarm the mines laid by the Japanese army in Incheon Port. My plan is that when I disarm the defense of Incheon Port, the whole fleet of the Beiyang Naval Division will blockade Incheon Port and shell the enemy ships in the port, and all the torpedo boats will rush in to carry out torpedo raids on the enemy ships, and if it succeeds, the combined fleet will be completely annihilated in the port, and all the transport ships of the Second Army will be destroyed, and then they will naturally not attack Lushun again! ”

As soon as the words fell, there was silence in the conference hall, and the needles could be heard.

After a long time, Zhou Fu slapped his thigh and shouted, "Good plan!" ”

The crowd chimed in.

Yang Shixiang suddenly poured cold water at this time and said, "Chen Hao, you don't seem to have finished speaking!" Isn't there still a risk? ”

Everyone suddenly became nervous and looked at Wang Chenhao.

Wang Chenhao smiled bitterly and said, "If you don't succeed, you will become benevolent!" The ships of the Beiyang Naval Division are not as fast as the ships, and if the plan fails, they will be besieged by the ships. And our army has limited ammunition, so the ship does not need to fight with us, it only needs to constantly consume our army's ammunition to win! ”

Wang Chenhao's words poked Li Hongzhang's sore spot.

The plan for the war against China was originally scheduled to be launched in 1896, because at that time, the Fuji-class all-steel battleships ordered by the company would return to China for service, which happened to completely suppress the two iron battleships of Dingzhen of the Beiyang Naval Division of the Qing Empire.

The Qing Empire was not completely unprepared, so in April 1894 it resumed the plan to purchase ammunition, maintenance equipment, and warships from the Beiyang Naval Division, which had been frozen for seven years, and procured artillery shells and warships from the foreign powers. He did not want the Beiyang Naval Division to complete the strategic reserve of ammunition, and the situation in Korea deteriorated in advance, so he started a war against the Qing Empire in advance. Because once the war starts, the great powers will freeze the shells and warships purchased by the Qing Empire in accordance with the international neutrality law. In this way, the navy will have the upper hand, and it only needs to consume the ammunition reserves of the Beiyang Naval Division, which is a pile of scrap metal, and the navy will be able to gain sea supremacy and complete the strategic task on land.

One of the main reasons why Li Hongzhang has always made the Beiyang naval division avoid fighting is that there is a shortage of ammunition, and the quality of domestic flowering shells cannot meet the requirements of naval warfare, and most of the models do not meet the standards.

Li Hongzhang hesitated for a while, and suddenly asked, "Chen Hao, how sure are you?" ”

Wang Chenhao thought that he had to make a desperate bet at this time, if Li Hongzhang was afraid of retreating, the Beiyang Naval Division would also have to finish playing, so it was better to fight hard.

Thinking of this, Wang Chenhao said with a firm expression: "Ninety!" There is only one achievement left, depending on whether the Lord of Nakado has the guts! ”

Dared! Everybody can see it!

It's just that Li Hongzhang suddenly laughed and said, "Chen Hao, you don't need to provoke the old man!" Didn't you say that your wargame deduction was made? If the old man retreats and blindly protects the ship without fighting, the Beiyang Navy Division will also be destroyed! In this case, the old man has no choice at all, so he can only gamble! ”

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